According to DXOMarkDXOMark has completed their review of the Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L II lens and have found to be the best zoom lens currently in their database.

From DXOMark
“With an DxOMark score of 26, the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 MkII is the highest scoring professional fixed-aperture mid-range kit zoom of any brand in the DxO Mark database and comfortably outperforms rivals as well as the firm’s earlier Mark I version, particularly with regard to the sharpness levels across the frame. We’re used to seeing a noticeable deterioration in performance in the outer fields at longer focal lengths even with high-quality optics from the big-name marques but the new Canon bucks that trend.”

I am not a fan of DxO (miss the) Mark...but after the chunk of change I drop on the II Version...all the good reviews I read make the hole in my wallet feel a little better.It is nice to go out shooting with a midrange zoom that has much less less compromises and that instills confidence.I am a primes guy...but this is a great lens.

It's great no doubt, but I have to pay 3650 USD to get one, so I simply have to live vicariously through the people who own it

Why so much? It doesn't cost that much..

But yes, this is the only zoom lens that i would actually use without thinking twice...it really is that good and i actually stopped using my primes for shoots because of this...i only touch my 85 now becuase that is still better than this

You are correct. "With a DxOMark score of 26"--and that is supposed to mean something?

However them saying that it's a great lens does not mean that it isn't (i.e. just because you're paranoid doesn't mean their not out to get you; a broken clock is still right twice a day; even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then, etc.)

It's great no doubt, but I have to pay 3650 USD to get one, so I simply have to live vicariously through the people who own it

Why so much? It doesn't cost that much..

But yes, this is the only zoom lens that i would actually use without thinking twice...it really is that good and i actually stopped using my primes for shoots because of this...i only touch my 85 now becuase that is still better than this